The first emancipator : the forgotten story of Robert Carter the founding father who freed his slaves / Andrew Levy.
By: Levy, Andrew.
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BookPublisher: New York : Random House, c2005Edition: 1st ed.Description: xviii, 310 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0375508651 (acidfree paper).Subject(s): Carter, Robert, 1728-1804 | Plantation owners -- Virginia -- Biography | Slaveholders -- Virginia -- Biography | Gentry -- Virginia -- Biography | Revolutionaries -- United States -- Biography | Slaves -- Emancipation -- Virginia | Slavery -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century | Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | Virginia -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States -- Case studies | Carter, Robert, 1728-1804 | Plantation owners -- Biography | Slave trade -- Virginia -- Biography | Upper class -- Virginia -- Biography | Revolutionaries -- Biography | Slaves -- Emancipation -- Virginia | Slavery -- Virginia -- History | Virginia -- History | Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States -- Case studiesDDC classification: 973.3/092 | B Summary: Examines the life of eighteenth-century plantation owner Robert Carter III, highlighting events that led him to emancipate his nearly five hundred slaves in 1791, and considers the reasons why his unprecedented action has largely been ignored by history.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-214) and index.
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Examines the life of eighteenth-century plantation owner Robert Carter III, highlighting events that led him to emancipate his nearly five hundred slaves in 1791, and considers the reasons why his unprecedented action has largely been ignored by history.
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